Benvenuti, Guccio (messer) di Cino di Bartolino di Chiaro di Benvenuto (cavaliere de' Nobili)
Description
Born a Benvenuti, Guccio di Cino had adopted the surname Nobili by 1394 when it appears in an election record. He also appears in election records with the surname Bartolini, which he also used in the introduction to a memory book begun in the year 1362 as copied in the Priorista Mariani: "Al nome di Dio. Questo Libro è di Guccio di Cino Bartolini del popolo di Santa Maria sopra Porta di Firenze...." He was knighted in 1378 after serving as the Florentine ambassador to the papacy.
A member of one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) known as the Buonuomini. They discussed legislation in consultation with the Signoria, and after 1321 their number was standardized at twelve with two representatives from each <i>sestiere</i>; after 1343, three from each quarter.
Together with the <i>gonfaloniere di giustizia</i> the priors constituted the Signoria, Florence's principal executive magistracy. Legislation was initiated by the Signoria in consultation with the two advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>). Their number changed over time but was established at eight after 1343, with two representatives per quarter. The officeholders, collectively known as <i>signori</i>, were assisted by a notary (<i>notaio della Signoria</i>). Serving in the priorate was the highest honor a family could achieve in Republican Florence.
A member of one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) known as the Buonuomini. They discussed legislation in consultation with the Signoria, and after 1321 their number was standardized at twelve with two representatives from each <i>sestiere</i>; after 1343, three from each quarter.
A member of one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) known as the Buonuomini. They discussed legislation in consultation with the Signoria, and after 1321 their number was standardized at twelve with two representatives from each <i>sestiere</i>; after 1343, three from each quarter.
Gonfaloniere di Giustizia (Standard-bearer of Justice)
Established in 1293, the Standard-bearer of Justice was the highest-ranking magistrate in the Signoria. Like all officers in the Tre Maggiori, he had to be a guild member in good standing but could be elected from any <i>sestiere</i> or quarter.
gonfaloniere di Compagnia (company standard-bearer (Nineteen/Sixteen))
A standard-bearer of the urban militia who also served on one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) of the Signoria. From around 1304, nineteen <i>gonfalonieri di Compagnia</i> were drawn from the city’s six <i>sestieri</i>. Following the reorganization of 1343, their number was reduced to sixteen, one from each <i>gonfalone</i> of the four new quarters, and their <i>collegio</i> became known as the Sixteen (<i>Sedici</i>).
console, Arte del Cambio (consul, Bankers and Money Changers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Bankers and Money Changers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 23
Major Guild
January 1st, 1394 to April 30th, 1394
Mercanzia (Mercanzia)
Established in 1308, a Florentine association with jurisdiction over commercial affairs, initially governed by representatives of five major guilds—the Merchants, Bankers, Wool, Silk, and Doctors and Apothecaries—with a representative of the minor guilds added in 1372.
console, Arte del Cambio (consul, Bankers and Money Changers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Bankers and Money Changers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
Online Tratte Code: 23
Major Guild
May 1st, 1398 to August 31st, 1398
buonuomo (good man (Twelve))
A member of one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) known as the Buonuomini. They discussed legislation in consultation with the Signoria, and after 1321 their number was standardized at twelve with two representatives from each <i>sestiere</i>; after 1343, three from each quarter.
gonfaloniere di Compagnia (company standard-bearer (Nineteen/Sixteen))
A standard-bearer of the urban militia who also served on one of the two primary advisory colleges (<i>collegi</i>) of the Signoria. From around 1304, nineteen <i>gonfalonieri di Compagnia</i> were drawn from the city’s six <i>sestieri</i>. Following the reorganization of 1343, their number was reduced to sixteen, one from each <i>gonfalone</i> of the four new quarters, and their <i>collegio</i> became known as the Sixteen (<i>Sedici</i>).
Online Tratte Code: 16
Tre Maggiori
May 7th, 1399 to September 6th, 1399
Gonfaloniere di Giustizia (Standard-bearer of Justice)
Established in 1293, the Standard-bearer of Justice was the highest-ranking magistrate in the Signoria. Like all officers in the Tre Maggiori, he had to be a guild member in good standing but could be elected from any <i>sestiere</i> or quarter.
Online Tratte Code: 1
Tre Maggiori
March 1st, 1400 to April 30th, 1400
Mercanzia (Mercanzia)
Established in 1308, a Florentine association with jurisdiction over commercial affairs, initially governed by representatives of five major guilds—the Merchants, Bankers, Wool, Silk, and Doctors and Apothecaries—with a representative of the minor guilds added in 1372.
Online Tratte Code: 6
Other
October 1st, 1400 to December 31st, 1400
console, Arte del Cambio (consul, Bankers and Money Changers Guild)
One of four consuls governing the Bankers and Money Changers Guild, elected for four-month terms beginning in January, May, or September.
May 1st, 1401, October 28th, 1402 or a day in between
likely
probably had this role; for burials, the individual is owner/heir, and/or spouse, parent, or child is interred here; no conflicting evidence that the person is buried elsewhere
individual has matriculated, joined, or been named to this group, including one who has joined a monastery, friary, or convent as a member or third order
Citizens of Florence could claim membership in a gonfalone other than where they lived for purposes of taxation and political sortition, usually that of their father or other ancestor and related to where the family traditionally held its highest-value properties. The 1427 catasto contains numerous examples of a declared residence (casa per abitazione) in a parish not physically located in the gonfalone from which the tax declaration was made. Residence is "surmised" when extrapolated from political service or tax records that do not indicate the parish of residence and "documented" when the physical location of a house is known.
1362 to 1401
documented
information found in sepoltuario, tomb inscription, burial, and/or other records
[a] He was elected to the Twelve as Guccio di Cino Bartolini.
[b] He was elected Prior as Guccio di Cino Bartolini.
[c] Election purses created in 1378 registered the Guccio's new status as a knight. He was reelected to the Twelve as messer Guccio di Cino Bartolini on September 12th, 1381.
[d] He was reelected to the Twelve as messer Guccio di Cino Bartolini on September 12th, 1384.
[e] Messer Guccio di Cino Bartolini was elected Gonfaloniere di Giustizia on October 29th, 1388.
[f] Messer Guccio di Cino Bartolini was elected to the Sixteen for the Vipera district on April 28th, 1391.
[g] For the first time with the surname Nobili, on September 22nd, 1394, messer Guccio di Cino was drawn to represent the Arte del Cambio to the Mercanzia.
[h] Messer Guccio di Cino Bartolini was elected as consul for the Arte del Cambio on August 13th, 1395.
[i] Starting in 1398, messer Guccio di Cino was elected to office with the surname Nobili.
